Oswin Schlammadinger

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Oswin Schlammadinger OSB (born July 24, 1868 in Wiener Neustadt , † May 7, 1953 in Admont ) was an Austrian clergyman and the 63rd abbot of the Admont Benedictine monastery in Styria .

Life

Oswin Schlammadinger was born on July 24, 1868 in Wiener Neustadt and entered Admont Abbey in 1887, where he made his simple profession on August 31, 1889 . Exactly three years later to the day, on August 31, 1892, the solemn profession took place. Within the monastery, he acted as a lecturer at the theological home school and taught moral theology there from 1897 , pastoral theology from 1900 and canon law from 1906 . From 1898 to 1906 he appeared as a novice master before he was elected 63rd abbot of the Admont Benedictine monastery in July 1907 and succeeded Kajetan Hoffmann . Schlammadinger's benediction took place on August 5, 1907.

During his term of office, the construction of the electricity works of the Admont Abbey fell , which supplied the Abbey, the business operations and the church with electricity from 1911. The E-Werk was planned by the future Abbot Bonifaz Zölß and built according to his plans. Until 1938, Zölß also acted as authorized signatory of the plant. On December 8, 1911, the abbot received a test lighting in the form of candle-shaped light bulbs. On December 24, 1911, the electrical lighting in the collegiate church was activated for the first time. In the course of the global economic crisis , Admont Abbey was also badly affected. Due to the financial difficulties that arose, Schlammadinger resigned from office in 1935 and went into early retirement. Zölß, known as an economic expert, was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Admont Monastery after Schlammadinger's resignation . By the time Austria was annexed in 1938, the monastery succeeded in restoring the monastery finances as far as possible by selling properties, works of art and valuable books. Among the sales was the so-called Admonter Madonna , which is said to have been made around 1310 and which was subsequently sold to Graz (afterwards exhibited in the Graz Joanneum for decades ).

As early as 1929 Zölß had rejected the election of abbot in Kremsmünster; he also did this when he was called to Lambach. In 1938, however, he accepted the election of coadjutor with the right to succeed Schlammadinger before he was nominated on May 4, 1938. The following year the monastery was closed and the monastery and all its possessions were confiscated by the Gestapo . The displaced convent was largely divided into the surrounding abbeys and monasteries. After returning to the monastery after the end of the Second World War , Zölß retained his office as coadjutor with the right of succession until Schlammadinger's death in 1953, before he was promoted to abbot himself. Oswin Schlammadinger, who was regarded as an enthusiastic musician and excellent alpinist throughout his life , died on May 7, 1953 at the age of 86 in Admont.

Heraldic shield

Abbot Oswin Schlammadinger's coat of arms is divided into two horizontal sections. The lower area takes up about two thirds of the shield. In this same section a lake and two mountains are shown, whereas a straight cross is shown in the upper narrower area in the middle. This cross is flanked with an edelweiss branch . An artistic and curved border acts as a sign holder. The lettering Levavi is located below the coat of arms .

Honors

In connection with an extension of the stall at the end of 1913 / beginning of 1914 in the Admonterhof in Graz , Schlammadinger was made an honorary member of the KÖStV Traungau Graz , a colored , non- striking and Catholic student association within the Austrian Cartell Association.

literature

  • Adalbert Krause : In memory of the deceased Most Revered Abbot Oswin Schlammadinger OSB , self-published by the Admont Abbey Library in 1953, Admont

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Admont: Madonna Has Returned , accessed September 30, 2019
predecessor Office successor
Kajetan Hoffmann Abbot of Admont Abbey
1907–1953 		Bonifaz Zölß
personal data
SURNAME Schlammadinger, Oswin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman and abbot of Admont
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1953
Place of death Admont , Austria